Tecumseh (Shooting Star) was an Indian chief and military strategist in the 18th century. Born in 1768, along the Mad River near Xenia, Ohio, the Shawnee Indian eventually became one of the tribe's greatest leaders. Uniquely, Tecumseh understood that the only possibility of survival for his race was for ALL Indian tribes west of the Appalachian mountains to unite against the white man.
This strategy had been employed in the past, since the beginning of European immigration, but invariably the tribes could not unify for one reason or another. At a time when native Americans still had abundant land & warriors, Tecumseh tried to create a single Indian fighting force. He rode from Canada to Florida trying to unify tribes. He warned all Indians against selling land to the white man.
Tecumseh’s younger brother, Tenskwatawa, the Prophet, effected a religious revival beginning around 1790. Converts became active in Tecumseh's military efforts. While Tecumseh was away on a coalition building trip, the Prophet reneged on a promise to Tecumseh and launched an attack against William Henry Harrison's troops at Tippecanoe. Harrison's troops ravaged the ill-prepared Indians. This defeat broke the back of the Shawnee's resistance.
After Tippacanoe, he united remaining tribes with British forces, culminating in their defeat by America's navy on Lake Erie in the War of 1812. Tecumseh fell at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1813.
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Tecumseh - Shawnee Leader, Northwest Territories 1768- 1813
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Today, there are no circumstances under which divided and unfocused Christians can survive the coming persecutions. But vigilance, unity and effort can push back encroaching raiders.
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How Close Are We to "Game Over"?
Opinions vary greatly as to how far along we are to serious persecution for Christians in the West. I would put it at about the 75-80 yard line. And they have the ball. Once we stop their progress, we have a long way down the field to march to restore fundamental freedoms and rights of religious expression.
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“And whereas it is the duty of nations as well as of men, to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God, to confess their sins and transgressions, in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon; and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord.” - Abraham Lincoln
What is the Tecumseh Project ?
As you may know (or learn at left!), Tecumseh was a wise and progressive Shawnee tribal leader in the late 18th century from the Ohio Valley. As Europeans encroached further and further into lands occupied by native Americans, Tecumseh saw the only hope for survival for his people was to unite all of the Indian tribes in North America.
Similary, it is our view that the anti-Christian, anti-morality forces of the 21st century are moving like a juggernaut to throw western civilization, including its unprecedented freedoms and self-rule, overboard. The only way Christians can forestall serious persecution in the West is to work together immediately to protect and reclaim religious freedom.
Switzerland, the UK, Canada and western Europe generally give us an frightening portrait today of growing fascism. Gestapo-like tactics are used by gays, journalists, schools, political leaders and others in a bid to shut down free speech, and force feed a radical agenda down the throats of naive westerners.
Appeasement Isn't Working-
Just like military pacifists and non-combatants, many in the Church today eschew involvement in protecting religious liberty. Especially when it takes the form of standing up to gays and their defenders, the argument quickly becomes that "we can't reach people for Christ by being adversarial."
First of all, the scope of the Tecumseh Project isn't outlawing homosexuality. We simply oppose gays trying to wipe out free speech and religious liberty in their quest for self-legitimization.
Remember when slaveholders passed a law forbidding criticism of slavery in America? Or Americans were arrested and fined for refusing to photograph a KKK rally? How about the trend of requring kindergartners to read special books to boost their acceptance of evangelical Christianity?
We don't remember any of these things either. That's because the way of freedom, the American way for over 200 years, is to allow expression of differing pointis of view.
To quote gay UK columnist Matt Parris: "Seriously threatening language – of any kind – is already a crime; but once the law starts limiting free speech in matters of honest opinion, where does it stop?"
I wonder if these folks have read the Old Testament.
God is not a pacifist, nor an appeaser. Of course we cannot compare modern America to ancient Israel in terms of proclaiming the favor or protection of God on us corporately.
However, the principle is this: God does not require us to stand by and invite persecution, especially when existing channels of government allow us to press for freedom. In the New Testament, Paul boldly asserts his Roman citizenship when he is arrested, and says: "I'm a Roman citizen, I demand to be given the proper recourse granted to me."
In other words, we are free today, if not mandated, to use existing democratic freedoms to protect Christian liberty, and our ability to freely spread the gospel.
The cultural pacifists will have to answer to their children and grandchildren as to why they didn't stand up for freedom. There is nothing incompatible whatsoever with spreading the gospel while also urging even-handed justice and liberty.
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